Including Bellor's Uprising for drum set & wind ensemble with faculty soloist Thomas Giampietro. Also works by Schwantner, Husa, Milhaud, and Javier Marquez, winner of the 2013 UMass Wind Ensemble Composition Contest-premiere of his winning workDanza Hipnotica.

Join Us! We welcome Senior, Intermediate and Junior participants for a fun filled day of music making with the faculty and umass string students. Chamber Music readings, orchestra, and lecture/discussions culminate in the String Day Concert at 1:30pm.

Music from the Horn, Trombone, & Tuba/Euphonium studios, featuring original & transcribed works from the classical & popular repertoire. In addition to individual choir performances, the sound of the combined forces will fill the Concert Hall with antiphonal brass music of Giovanni Gabrieli.

ABOUT THE LECTURE: Since the late 1980s, many scholars have wrestled with Cage’s ideas with varying results. The lecture will offer a provisional assessment of Cage's achievement, including both unjustified and justified criticism of that achievement by other scholars; it will point toward productive ways in which we can engage with and creatively extend Cage’s important legacy, using theater as the principal example.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Rob Haskins, Associate Professor of Music History at the University of New Hampshire, holds a D.M.A. in harpsichord and Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music. He specializes in American music in the second half of the twentieth century, especially the music of John Cage. He has presented papers on Cage in Germany, Canada, and the U.S. His most recent book is John Cage (Reaktion Books). He recorded for Mode Records and served as musical Director for Alarm Will Sound’s 2012 new production of John Cage’s Song Books at the Holland Festival Abrons and River to River Festival (New York).